Joe Hardstaff
Joseph Hardstaff
Born: 3 July 1911, Nuncargate, Nottinghamshire
Died: 1 January 1990, Worksop, Nottinghamshire
Major Teams: Nottinghamshire, Services, Europeans (India), Auckland, England.
Known As: Joe Hardstaff
Also Known As: Joe Hardstaff snr
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Medium
Test Debut: England v South Africa at Leeds, 3rd Test, 1935
Latest Test: England v Australia at Nottingham, 1st Test, 1948
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1938
Career Statistics:
TESTS
(including 10/06/1948)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 23 38 3 1636 205* 46.74 4 10 9 0
O M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling - - - - - - - - - -
FIRST-CLASS
(1930 - 1955)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 517 812 94 31847 266 44.35 83 166 123 0
Balls R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 3894 2141 36 59.47 4-43 0 0 108.1 3.29
- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.
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Profile:
Joe Hardstaff (junior) followed in his father's footsteps to represent both
Nottinghamshire and England. Like his father, he was mostly a batsman, with
an upright attacking style founded on strong defence. He surpassed his
father both in appearances for England and in first-class centuries - if not
for the years lost to the war he would almost certainly have extended his 83
first-class hundreds to the coveted 100 mark. Described by EW Swanton as
"one of the most stylish and gifted batsman of his generation", he toured
Australia three times, and the West Indies once. He made his debut against
South Africa in 1935, and established himself as a Test player with a
succession of steady innings. Hardstaff took part in the famous 903/7 rout
at the Oval with an unbeaten hundred, but probably his finest Test innings
was an "enchanting" innings of 205* against India in 1946. When he retired
in 1955, he had made more runs for Nottinghamshre than anyone else, with
centuries against all the
first-class counties other than his own. He spent two seasons playing in New
Zealand with Auckland in 1948-49 and 1949-50. His son (another Joe) also
played first-class cricket, the third generation to do so (DL 2000).
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